Hostinger appoints Giedrius Zakaitis as CEO to lead the company’s AI-first strategy

Hostinger has appointed Giedrius Zakaitis as Chief Executive Officer. Zakaitis, who recently served as Chief Product and Technology Officer, takes over from Daugirdas Jankus. Jankus will remain at Hostinger, where he will continue to contribute to the company’s growth through strategic projects.

The change reflects Hostinger’s pivot from a hosting provider to a fully AI-first company, one focused on delivering best-in-market AI products for small and medium businesses, scaling automation across operations, and ensuring that fast growth and long-term sustainability can go hand in hand.

“I started here 14 years ago answering customer tickets,” said Zakaitis, CEO of Hostinger. “Back then, getting a small business online meant fighting with technology, which was too complicated for most people. That is still the problem we solve, now with AI doing the hard parts. My focus is simple: make sure anyone with an idea can build it and run it, even if they never write a line of code, and run the company itself smarter and faster because of AI.”

Recent years have marked Hostinger’s successful transformation from a hosting provider to an AI-powered growth platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Over the course of the past year, the company launched four AI products, including Hostinger Horizons, a vibe coding tool, and Reach, an AI-powered email marketing platform. Meanwhile, Kodee evolved from a chatbot into an agent capable of performing more than 500 admin-level tasks, including access to and control of users’ IT systems, saving the company approximately €14 million in operational costs in 2026.

“Giedrius has led product brilliantly and is the right person to run the whole company and turn AI’s potential into real growth. I couldn’t be more excited. Stay tuned,” said Jankus.

“Customer obsession was the guiding principle behind Hostinger’s growth. Agents and bots now create more of the internet’s traffic than people do, and we’re building for them too, because behind every agent is the same customer, acting on their behalf. So our job doesn’t change: make Hostinger work as well for someone’s agent as it does for them,” said Zakaitis.

Zakaitis brings deep product and technology expertise to the CEO role. Before this appointment, he served as Chief Product and Technology Officer, driving Hostinger’s product innovation and AI agenda. He joined Hostinger as a customer success specialist, progressed to software engineering and head of product, and led Zyro, Hostinger’s website-building subsidiary. In 2024, Zyro was rebranded as Hostinger Website Builder and fully integrated into the company.

Jankus steered Hostinger through a period of exceptional growth, including 51% year-over-year revenue growth in 2025, reaching €275.4 million. In 2026, Hostinger was ranked second in the Financial Times & Statista Long-term Growth Champions: Europe 2026 report. This ranking specifically recognizes companies showing sustained revenue growth over a decade, distinguishing those that maintain momentum at scale from those experiencing short-term spikes.

Founded in Lithuania in 2004, Hostinger employs nearly 900 people. Today, the company serves more than 5 million users in over 150 countries worldwide. Hostinger’s largest markets by active user base are India, Brazil, Indonesia, the United States, and France. The top ten also include the United Kingdom, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Spain.